4/09/2006

The whole valley full of cedar pollen !After the pollen wind in the morning, strong currents brought the yellow sand (koosa 黄砂) from the Gobi desert in China.Yellow sand blows into Japan from deserts in China and Mongolia each spring, sometimes reaching Kyoto and impeding the visibility of things.

On the other hand,a Japan-China research team says yellow sand helps cool off the Earth.